On a personal level, I don't care. Just get it somehow. ;-) I said I wasn't going to follow up here, but given the flood of emails, I'd best answer this one en masse.
About 100,000 rough words exist for Absolute OpenBSD 2nd Ed. I will announce on my blog when I need community reviewers. I put random details out on Twitter, with hashtags #absoluteopenbsd or #ao2e. ==ml On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:49:53AM +0800, Alan Cheng wrote: > As much as I want a printed copy, I just ordered an electronic copy on > smashwords.com -- the int'l shipping cost, which is usually higher than the > book itself, can be put to better use, like a donation to the project. > > thanks ml. > > Alan > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Michael W. Lucas < > mwlu...@blackhelicopters.org> wrote: > > > YES! > > > > Now I can tell people where they can pre-order print. And they will > > stop bugging me. ;-) > > > > Seriously, I'm delighted to be able to do this. I'm giving the books > > to the OpenBSD project at my cost. I expect them to use the proceeds > > well, on barbeque and beer. Maybe even some code. > > > > You'll notice that the OpenBSD folks are charging cover price. That's > > because this is a fundraiser. I don't make anything on these books, > > but that's okay. > > > > It'll be available through all the usual online booksellers > > later. Amazon will have it cheaper, and I'll get profits from those > > sales. But I'm thinking that the people on this list will want the > > OpenBSD-direct version. > > > > ==ml > > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 05:27:49PM -0700, Austin Hook wrote: > > > Here's the entry I just finished adding to OpenBSD's books.html page > > > > > > <clip> > > > SSH Mastery > > > by Michael Lucas > > > ISBN-13: 978-1470069711 > > > ISBN-10: 1470069717 > > > February 2012, 145 pp. > > > A guide to what you need to know about SSH. This book will help you > > > eliminate passwords on your network, tunnel unencrypted protocols through > > > secure channels, build VPNs with OpenSSH, and more. Focuses on the > > OpenSSH > > > server, the OpenSSH client, and the PuTTY client. Michael W Lucas is the > > > author of Absolute OpenBSD and other BSD books. Helping support OpenBSD, > > > Michael is contributing all his author's profits, from orders via the > > main > > > OpenBSD order page, back to the project. > > > [ Order direct from the OpenBSD website International.] > > > </clip> > > > > > > A book like this is great for those of us that have a lot on our plate. > > > I can remember a long period when I kind of knew what OpenSSH could do > > > but just didn't have the time to parse out the man page to properly to > > > forward a browser port or a mail port, to set up a VPN, and I could have > > > benefited a lot sooner with a bit more well explained cookbook examples > > > at my fingertips. Then there's that pesky stuff with keep alive and so > > > on. What does it all really mean for the context I was having trouble > > > with? > > > > > > Hey, I wonder if Michael has anything to say about the safety of even > > > using OpenSSH variants on a different operating system to access one of > > my > > > OpenBSD boxen. I'm looking forward to read my own copy. > > > > > > Yes, this book has already been out in electronic form for a bit, but > > > myself I spend too much time looking at screen and I still like the > > > physical experience of handling a book. Besides, the printed version > > > already benefits from reader corrections to the electronic edition. > > > > > > Michael has been very gracious with timely help to enable the main > > OpenBSD > > > website to be the first to offer it, It will be available everywhere > > soon, > > > but we do have a jump on it this time. It's been so long for us since we > > > last enjoyed Michael's style that we enjoyed in Absolute OpenBSD, I am > > > really happy to see him come back to us with this new volume. > > > > > > There will be a slight delay before the first copies arrive and can be > > > shipped, but the order site is already set up. > > > > > > https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order?B09=1&B08%2b=Add > > > > > > > > > > > > Austin > > > > -- > > Michael W. Lucas > > http://www.MichaelWLucas.com/, http://blather.MichaelWLucas.com/ > > Latest book: SSH Mastery > > http://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/ssh-mastery > > mwlu...@blackhelicopters.org, Twitter @mwlauthor > > > > -- Michael W. Lucas http://www.MichaelWLucas.com/, http://blather.MichaelWLucas.com/ Latest book: SSH Mastery http://www.michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/ssh-mastery mwlu...@blackhelicopters.org, Twitter @mwlauthor
